Kahramanmaraş earthquake

An analysis of the magnitude 7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria on 6th February 2023

Author

Türkiye Temporary Settlement Support Sector (IOM)

Published

19 February 2023 13:39

Introduction

On 6 February 2023 at 4:17 local time, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the region of Kahramanmaras in southeastern Türkiye, affecting areas of southern Türkiye and northwestern Syria. At 13:45 the same day, a 7.6 earthquake hit the same region.

This ongoing analysis, focusing primarily on Türkiye monitors the key figures published by the Türkiye authorities, examines the population and infrastructure exposure and impact, and monitors current information on displacement.

Key figures

Last update: 16/02/2023 at 23:00
Number of people injured: not updated
Number of deaths: 38,044
Number of people evacuated: not updated
Number of buildings damaged: 61700

Sources: DFS/DEEP/AFAD

Exposure

The following map shows the areas affected by MMI 8,7,6 and 5.

MMI Türkiye Syrian Arab Republic Total
8 1,504,159 - 1,504,159
7 3,303,340 35,876 3,339,216
6 9,480,432 2,351,724 11,832,156
5 13,708,422 5,705,938 19,414,360
Total 27,996,353 8,093,538 36,089,891

Sources: Worldpop, EC-JRC/USGS

Impacts

Damaged & destroyed buildings

There are two main sources for building damaged and destroyed buildings; AFAD official sources which are aggregated at the nationa-level; and buildings tagged as destroyed in OpenStreetMap, through the ongoing voluntary efforts, using available satellite and drone imagery. While tagging of destroyed buildings in OSM is ongoing, the completenessof the tagging will vary betweeen areas. This dataset will be updated frequently to incorporate the additional data. Progress of the tagging, can be found on the OSM website.

As of 11:23 UTC on 8/02/2023, 3529 buildings have been identified as destroyed, 3519 of which are in Türkiye.

Sources: Openstreemap
Last updated: 18/02/2023 at 11:23 UTC

The following table contains government source building damage per district.
Sources: hasartespit.csb.gov.tr
Last updated: 14/02/2023 (The source website is no longer accessible)

District Collapsed Heavy damage Light damage Moderate damage urgent demolition required Total
Adana 1 4 238 - - 243
Adıyaman 1,197 2,311 5,512 2 346 9,368
Diyarbakır 25 236 2,534 - 17 2,812
Gaziantep 1,591 3,392 8,949 3 730 14,665
Hatay 979 2,585 3,966 - 639 8,169
Kahramanmaraş 451 791 1,767 1 230 3,240
Kilis 134 240 487 4 9 874
Malatya 684 2,429 2,913 - 127 6,153
Osmaniye 72 939 4,014 - 165 5,190
Şanlıurfa 17 143 3,441 2 34 3,637
Total 5,151 13,070 33,821 12 2,297 54,351

Electrical infrastructure

… analysis of obverable light loss to follow Source: VIIRS night lights

Cellular network coverage

… map of network coverage to follow Source: Meta Data for Good

Displacement

Adana

Adiyaman

Gaziantep

Hatay

Kahramanmaras

Kilis

Services

Source: https://www.afetbilgi.com/

Last updated: 2023-02-19

The following map shows accomodation centres (organge) and gathering points (green)

Temporary Accomodation Centres

Sources: IOM’s DTM
…a map of DTMs assessed temporary accomodation centres will be shown here shortly